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IN HB1361
Bill
Status
1/16/2018
Primary Sponsor
Dan Forestal
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AI Summary
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Establishes the green jobs training program administered by the department of workforce development to provide job training to eligible workers in green industry sectors and occupations.
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Defines eligible workers as individuals who are unemployed, displaced workers, or former military service members, and defines green jobs as those involving technology that promotes clean or renewable energy, reduces emissions, or eliminates hazardous substances.
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Creates the green jobs training fund consisting of general assembly appropriations, investment earnings, and other deposited funds, with money not reverting to the general fund at fiscal year end.
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Requires the department to award grants from the fund to employers and other persons for worker training programs that develop skills necessary for green job employment, subject to appropriated funds availability.
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Mandates the department adopt policies on grant applications, selection criteria, recipient requirements, and reporting; requires annual reports to the legislative council before September 1 each year.
Legislative Description
Grants for green industry jobs. Establishes the green jobs training program to support opportunities for eligible workers to receive job training in green industry sectors and occupations. Requires the department of workforce development (department) to administer the program. Establishes the green jobs training fund. Provides that the department shall: (1) identify and develop the framework, potential funding, strategies, policies, partnerships, and opportunities necessary to address the need for a highly skilled and well-trained workforce to meet the needs of the green economy; and (2) subject to the availability of appropriated funds, award grants from the green jobs training fund to
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means
1/16/2018